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ERIC Number: EJ989968
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-May
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-3085
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The Integrated Curriculum Project: Teacher Change and Student Outcomes within a University-School Professional Development Collaboration
Thomas, Cathy Newman; Hassaram, Bindiya; Rieth, Herbert J.; Raghavan, Nithya Soundara; Kinzer, Charles K.; Mulloy, Austin M.
Psychology in the Schools, v49 n5 p444-464 May 2012
This observational study examined changes in teachers' instruction and student outcomes in response to a 3-year-long professional development collaboration between university researchers and a middle-school language arts team. Professional development supported teachers in implementing multimedia anchored instruction, a video-based instructional method shown to be effective for diverse learners. The Integrated Curriculum Project (ICP-3) used multimedia anchored instruction to promote constructivist reform and infuse technology into an integrated social studies and language arts curriculum to improve literacy and critical thinking skills for at-risk adolescents, including students with disabilities and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Findings revealed that teachers moved toward a more learner-centered instructional approach and that both teachers and students made significant changes in classroom behaviors, including the quantity and quality of questions and time spent in small-group discussion. Implications for research and practice regarding sustained, collaborative professional development in technology integration, in this case, using multimedia anchored instruction, are presented. (Contains 2 tables and 4 figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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